Hyposmocoma aspersa

Hyposmocoma aspersa is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The type locality is the mountains near Honolulu.

Hyposmocoma aspersa
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H. aspersa
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma aspersa
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Laverna aspersa Butler, 1882
  • Aphthonetus aspersa
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.


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